{"id":2396766,"date":"2025-01-29T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-to-the-rescue-again-on-his-way-to-save-astronauts-biden-left-stranded-7-months-after-1-week-mission-ended\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T01:56:33","slug":"elon-to-the-rescue-again-on-his-way-to-save-astronauts-biden-left-stranded-7-months-after-1-week-mission-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-to-the-rescue-again-on-his-way-to-save-astronauts-biden-left-stranded-7-months-after-1-week-mission-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon to the Rescue Again: On His Way to Save Astronauts Biden Left Stranded 7 Months After 1-Week Mission Ended"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-to-the-rescue-again-on-his-way-to-save-astronauts-biden-left-stranded-7-months-after-1-week-mission-ended%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>two astronauts, Sunita Williams \u2063and Butch \u200bWilmore, who have been stranded in space for several months, might soon \u2062be returning home. President Donald Trump \u2064and SpaceX\u200d CEO Elon \u200dMusk are actively working\u200d to expedite their return. Trump criticized the Biden management for their prolonged absence, claiming the astronauts had been\u200c &#8220;virtually abandoned&#8221; and urged Musk to bring them\u200c back quickly. Musk confirmed SpaceX&#8217;s commitment to this mission, indicating that plans for their return were \u200dalready \u2063in place, originally scheduled \u200bfor february 2025 as part of standard crew rotations.NASA acknowledged the situation and reassured the public that the astronauts are safe and continuing their work on the \u200bInternational Space Station. Their \u2064extended stay \u2063is due to issues with the Boeing Starliner \u2063capsule, which had to return without\u2062 crew\u2063 after a \u200dfailed mission initially intended for their return. The astronauts have been in space \u2063significantly longer than planned,with \u200dtheir\u200d return now expected to occur \u200dafter a total of 264 days in orbit.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two astronauts whose few days in space turned into months could be home soon, according to some public comments from President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to &ldquo;go get&rdquo; the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113909188940119917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have been waiting for many months on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@Space\">@Space<\/a> Station. Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Musk later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1884365928038563880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> his can-do reply on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @Space_Station as soon as possible,&rdquo; Musk posted.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> has asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX?\">@SpaceX<\/a> to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station?\">@Space_Station<\/a> as soon as possible. We will do so.<\/p>\n<p>Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1884365928038563880?\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will do so. Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A community note indicated that the ride has been in the works for some time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Butch &amp; Suni&rsquo;s return was arranged with SpaceX in August last year,&rdquo; the note said. &ldquo;They will return via the SpaceX Crew-9 in February 2025, part of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">routine mission rotations<\/a>, not an emergency. The delay aligns with the readiness of Crew Dragon C213 for the Crew-10 mission in March 2025.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>NASA later issued a statement indicating that it got Trump and Musk&rsquo;s message, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/space\/trump-musk-suggest-sped-up-return-nasa-astronauts-details-scarce-2025-01-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency&rsquo;s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expedition,&rdquo; NASA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Also, they are both fine on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-surface-fleet-unprepared-to-win-future-conflict-watchdog-finds\/\" title=\"Navy Surface Fleet Unprepared To Win Future Conflict, Watchdog Finds\">extended mission<\/a> as they continue working on the ISS until their reassigned return on Dragon.<\/p>\n<p>Proof of that is they are both conducting a spacewalk tomorrow. They wouldn&rsquo;t be if there were a concern.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3bUqc11htl\">https:\/\/t.co\/3bUqc11htl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NSF &ndash; NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASASpaceflight\/status\/1884655953607381475?\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On June 5, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-boeing-bring-starliner-capsule-back-earth-friday-without-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boeing Starliner<\/a> launched flight commander Barry &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Wilmore and flight pilot Sunita &ldquo;Suni&rdquo; Williams to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Helium leaks and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nasa-astronauts-stuck-in-space-indefinitely-as-boeing-flounders\/\" title=\"Two NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space Indefinitely as Boeing Flounders\">thruster issue emerged<\/a> to keep the Starliner in space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-stuck-space-astronauts-make-first-public-comments-since-boeing-capsule-left-without\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilmore and Williams<\/a> were initially expected to stay in space for eight days, but after concerns over the Starliner&rsquo;s condition, they remained at the ISS, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/nasa-astronauts-stuck-waiting-aboard-iss-return-earth\/story?id=111399962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Starliner later returned to Earth without incident as ground-based controllers flew it with no people on board.<\/p>\n<p>In August, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boeing-spacex-nasa-astronauts-starliner-e4e81e5a6c23dee2f8f72260ddea011c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, NASA said the plan would be to bring Wilmore and Williams back in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-spacex-launches-rescue-mission-2-nasa-astronauts-stuck-space-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February<\/a> because no earlier trip would work.<\/p>\n<p>In December, that was pushed back to late March, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/space\/return-nasa-astronauts-space-station-further-delayed-until-late-march-2024-12-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If the astronauts were to return on Feb. 24, that would be 264 days after their launch, which would represent a stay of 33 times the initial eight-day mission.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Trump stated on social media that he had requested Musk and SpaceX to retrieve the two astronauts who he claimed had been &#8220;virtually abandoned&#8221; in space by the Biden Administration. He noted that they have been waiting at the International Space Station for several months and expressed hope for their safe return. In response, Musk confirmed on X that SpaceX would work to bring them home promptly, criticizing the Biden administration for their prolonged stay. However, a community note clarified that their return was planned with SpaceX since August of the previous year and is part of routine mission rotations rather than an emergency situation. NASA later acknowledged Trump&#8217;s and Musk&#8217;s comments, stating they are coordinating efforts to ensure a safe return while preparing for upcoming missions. The astronauts are reportedly doing well during their extended mission and are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2396767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stuck_Astronauts_Spacewalk_25028762063063-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20139,3620,32192,42431,4844],"class_list":["post-2396766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-astronauts","tag-biden","tag-elon-musk","tag-rescue-mission","tag-spacex"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stuck_Astronauts_Spacewalk_25028762063063-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396770,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396766\/revisions\/2396770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}